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Not sure if you’ve noticed it or not but it’s a trend here. Realty agents, realty brokers and property managers are starting or buying up existing cleaning companies. Some of my best accounts too. I think they see our success and want a piece of the pie. Anyone else seen this?

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They lady that ran my boys daycare had a sign in her office that said "I run a daycare, you can't scare me". I feel the same way, a couple of my competitors used to hire me and meet me on the job with their company shirt for me to wear as I dyed bleach for them or corrected tech mistakes on expensive items. Did you ever see the barber shop that had the sign out front after supercuts moved in across the street? It said "we fix $8.00 haircuts!".

They lady that ran my boys daycare had a sign in her office that said "I run a daycare, you can't scare me". I feel the same way, a couple of my competitors used to hire me and meet me on the job with their company shirt for me to wear as I dyed bleach for them or corrected tech mistakes on expensive items. Did you ever see the barber shop that had the sign out front after supercuts moved in across the street? It said "we fix $8.00 haircuts!".

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Not sure if you’ve noticed it or not but it’s a trend here. Realty agents, realty brokers and property managers are starting or buying up existing cleaning companies. Some of my best accounts too. I think they see our success and want a piece of the pie. Anyone else seen this?

Since real estate perked up after housing market crashed in 2008, their efforts are understandable. Years before turbulent times I had one on one meeting with representative of major real estate company. At that time they counted about 180 offices in the area. The proposal was to service their properties ( in and outs) within 48 hours of notice, while implementing my existing price structure. Honestly, I didn't see this program being successful for many reasons.. You might imagine what those might be....

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Rob, after youve been in biz as long as I have, you realize that things go in cycles. Look at the Restoration Industry. Insurance companies tell insureds that they have to use their Preferred Vendor. Then after a couple years they start having problems with the Preferred Vendor and go back to just recommending a company. Then after having problems with that, they go back to a Preferred Vendor Program.

Simply put, the Management companies just looked at what they are paying out for these services and decided that they could save money doing it themselves. In a few years the Management company will find out its not cost effective to do their own cleaning and then again hire it out. Then a new manager will come back in and it will be done in house again. Its just a cycle....

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I was hired by a company that maintains times shares. .I was hired to set up and train there contract properties. They
Promised the world to me delivered zero. Ended up working 20 hours a week. I begged for some sales literature. THEY said make it yourself. There now selling the van and equipment. This too shall pass as they will see there cost actually rìse. I quit . I offered to train so they gave me the pressure washing guy for a day .
They sold the van a couple months ago .